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An intriguing new study hints that the wing color patterns on a migrating monarch may help the insects fly better. Butterflies congregate at their winter roost in Sierra Chincua, Mexico. The cool ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Engineered mutant butterflies give a glimpse deep into the genetic roots of wing patterns, an international team reported Monday in the Proceedings of the ...

Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA to create the diversity of wings seen in different species, according to new research. The study, ...